New motor in Miss Vegas Hydro.

[Rottenbelly]

Was running great for a change. Got kinda hot and wire came unsolidered off esc!!!
Had to break out the rescue boat.
Hydra 120 esc. 8XL motor on 4s, 642 prop.
Just a raw vid taken by my 10 yr old son.

[sailr]

What size connectors do you have on the motor/esc leads? What kind of solder did you use? You should replace the connectors with 5.5mm gold bullets and then use silver bearing solder. The 642 prop is a bit much, prop down to a 442 or M445.

[Rottenbelly]

What size connectors do you have on the motor/esc leads? What kind of solder did you use? You should replace the connectors with 5.5mm gold bullets and then use silver bearing solder. The 642 prop is a bit much, prop down to a 442 or M445.

It has 5.5mm and silver solider, but i do believe it was just too much prop. Was also using the stock esc 18g wire. Gonna upgrade that also.
But it gave me a chance to use the rescue boat.

[HYDROJERRY]

Nice vid bro i also have a vegas converted to brushless but never completed it,, but your seems to be screamin,, how fast is it..

[Rottenbelly]

Nice vid bro i also have a vegas converted to brushless but never completed it,, but your seems to be screamin,, how fast is it..

Thanks. I remember seeing yours and was wondering if it ever ran.
Not sure how fast it is? It seems alot faster than my Prince mono that was GPS'd at 42mph.

[HYDROJERRY]

yeah mine ran but was not impressive actauly rather borring,, had the 2030 ul1 motor and proboat esc and 442 prop but yours looks like its cooking,, id say problyy 45ish maybe more,,very nice!!!!

[Shooter]

Nice!! I bet that 18g wire is a little small for that setup. I was running that prop and it was fine temp wise (10 gauge wire, Turnigy 180 controller, 1515-1Y and (2) 4S 5000 packs). Where is your batt placement. It was always a challenge getting them in there for me.

Jerry - Sounds like your vegas was a dog with the UL-1. That's too bad, I was hoping to put the UL-1 motor in and race it this year.

[Rottenbelly]

I put the batteries as far forward as they would go. I had them about 3 inches from the front the other day and she flipped way to easy.
I will probably leave this prop on and just upgrade the esc.